Welsh Mountain Apiaries

Named after their picturesque home base location in eastern Lancaster County, Welsh Mountain Apiaries is a locally thriving wild forage beekeeping operation. What began with one beehive as a Wenger family project in 2014, has incrementally grown to currently more than 140 production hives. To the happy delight of their growing list of discerning customers, they work tireless to ensure their honey is free from pesticides and GMO pollen. With great attention to detail, the Wenger’s keep their hives on organic farms, forests and wild meadows…allowing them to harvest and bottle local raw honey that is fresh and unfiltered.

Although it is common amongst large beekeepers, Welsh Mountain does not feed their bees high fructose corn syrup. And they keep their bees healthy by controlling mites without the use of chemicals. While it requires a lot of extra effort, instead of relying on pollination services, they consistently move their hives to locations that maximize wild forage opportunities.

Our Story…

From the Lamar Wenger Family…

“In 2014, our daughter wanted a beehive for her birthday gift. We did some research and visited a friend who has beehives, and we got our first hive that summer as a family project not a birthday gift. That hive made it through the winter, and that first spring 2015 we split that hive into three hives and gave one to each of my two oldest daughters. The three hives made five gallons of honey each. We sold the surplus at my brother’s dairy store.

In 2016 we increased that number to 12 hives, 7 of them were production hives, that year they made 450 pounds of surplus honey. We sold most of it in my brother’s store and also one other store. In the fall of 2016 we had people show interest in buying large quantities of our honey, so we decided to get more hives. In the spring of 2017, we increased to 75 production hives. And now, in 2018, we are hoping to have 140+ production hives.

Our vision is to have a business where our family can work together, and to provide our customers with exceptional honey. Following are some practices we follow that we feel are important to insure our customers get the best honey possible.

Our Story

As avid travelers, we find that the best memories of our trips usually come from the recommendations we get from the locals. We LOVE finding unique , authentic places.........and not having to settle for for chain restaurants, franchise lodging, and big box stores. One day, when back home in Lancaster County, we said to our selves, "Hey, there's SO many 'reals' in our own backyard! And we decided to make a website to share them. That's how "real Lancaster County" was born. Here you will find the unique, the authentic, and the REAL-found ONLY IN LANCASTER COUNTY. Enjoy with us!!!!